Thursday, December 11, 2008

We were once co-inhabitants of this world. A world of magical amusement and dreams. A place where childhood imaginative innocence is incorruptible…..but many of us have since left this world.

The world of fairies and mystical creatures living in the enchanted forest slowly grows fainter in our memories as we make the inevitable transition into adulthood. During the course of this shift, we have unconsciously remodelled our life and surroundings with limitations and mundane routines of secular concerns. Once in a while we do secretly wish to rekindle with the realms of fairyland. LFSS is glad to share with everybody a sparkling gem of the enchanted woods in the form of Khairul Azmir Shoib, who has all this time kept his fabled creatures very much preserved and whimsical characters immortalized through his narrative paintings, drawings, sculptures and assemblages.

Monday, December 1, 2008

LFSS recently featured under Live It! section in The EDGE Financial Daily on the event Pecha Kucha Night Vol.05 Kuala Lumpur.excerpts from article, The EDGE Financial Daily, Live it!

"Lisa Foo and Mah Su Sim, who are also known as LFSS, had the crowd entranced when they shared images of their beautiful sculptures made out of over 2,000 plastic bottles. The two artists, both of whom have a background in design, sorted, cleaned, sliced and stitched plastic pieces into luminous sculptures, some of which resembled life forms. Their presentation of eerie and mysterious "beings" was given an enchanting and charming treatment, with both of them speaking in short verses to complement the projected slides.

While the duo's snaking imagery and text took the audience on a journey of the surreal,..."

As the war on plastic waste intensifies, so there is an increasing need to re-assess our attitudes towards recycling and our environment. In an effort to create a visual statement of our response to the problem of plastic waste, we attempted to re-purpose the ubiquitous plastic mineral water bottles into unconventional yet practical light sculptures. The crafting processes employed emphasize on maintaining the inherent quality of the material and on sustaining a low embodied energy. By applying only the most basic methods of manual crafting skills using common stationery and craft tools, we aspire to generate worth and ethereal charm out of the mundane plastic bottles.

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Our Eco-Light Sculptures is currently exhibiting at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, between 8-14th October 2008for the Star's Art with A Heart Festival entitled 'Re-creation: Art & Sustainability' . This event is jointly organised by the Star, National Art Gallery of Malaysia and Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Plastic! Plastic! Plastic! There’s plastic everywhere. Apparently, plastic has taken the lead as the ultimate solution to almost every facet of human needs in this modern age. Just think about it. Look around and tell us if it’s not true. Since we can’t expect commercial manufacturers or the general public to abruptly reduce dependency on plastics, we can however, starting with our own initiative, creatively transform them into functional art in an effort to minimise plastics from entering the waste stream.

Hence we have taken the task to challenge ourselves with one of the most ubiquitous of all plastic waste, none other than the plastic mineral water bottles.

The following images clearly illustrates our enthusiastic intention to encourage everyone to re-think,re-useand reduce whatever that is considered waste.

Drop us a comment or suggestion. Let us know what you think.

Thank you!

..........lisa & susim..........

Used plastic bottles to be re-used and realised into art by Lisa Foo & Su Sim M.

So here we are, staring at the sea of plastic water bottles all over the floor. Plenty of ideas, but where to start?

The mere fact that plastic water bottles have transparent quality lends itself as the primary basis of our crafty plastic adventure. With that in our minds and fuelled with inspiration and fervor, both of us began the lengthy and labourous activity of sorting, cleaning, slicing, threading,…….etc.

We finally came out with some luminous pieces as well as several non-lighting pieces.

Was held at the Annexe, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur on 3rd & 4th May 2008. This event is a great platform for us to present our plastic art works and also to create an awareness for the general public to re-think and re-use plastic bottles. We had great response from the people who came for this event and sold some of our plastic pieces too!Day 1

About this Blog

This blog was originally started with the intention to feature our 'green' initiative in creating awesome and fascinating lighting sculptures using all parts of the plastic mineral water bottles. We hope to inspire people from all walks of life to view and re-think about using plastics in a different manner instead of just treating it as waste.Selected artists of interest will also be featured on this blog to provide a wider range of artistic ideas from different fields.